Shopping Finds

A month ago, my brother and I visited Farm House Collection at Jamesport, Missouri. At that time, they already had a huge Christmas decor collection. They were all pretty cute and perfect for my house but the prices were quite expensive. Then I realized that maybe some of these Christmas decors came from the Philippines or China. In fact, the Farm House Collection reminded me very much of Dapitan, a great place for shopping unique finds in Manila.

Yes, the best place to shop for cheap and festive containers is at the Dapitan, a place of export overruns. For many years, Pinoy Shoppers trouped onto an obscure street in Manila that sold export overruns for mere fractions of their original prices. The place is simply called Dapitan. It is the ultimate place to buy unique décor, kitchen and home accents at really low affordable prices.

Today, we drove off once again to our favorite place. I went to my favorite stall first, the one near the parking lot and beside the Dapitan Arcade.

This cutesy figures caught the attention of my daughters but I wanted to look around first if there was something more unique. After strolling some of the stalls, we agreed that this stall had the most unique Christmas decors. The set of 4 characters on the right costs 280 pesos. A smaller figure (not shown in photo) for Christmas tree decor cost 50 pesos. I remember buying a similar one three years ago which cost 140 pesos at a bazaar at Hotel Intercontinental.

They also sell Christmas plates, mugs, platters. I found plates, candy platters and mugs to hold my cookies at very affordable prices.

The Santa Claus fans will surely love the extensive Santa Claus collection.

I was tempted to buy more but I bought a lot of Christmas decors already. There is still more Christmas finds there but if you don’t go soon, a lot of these will be gone by the end of the month.

Check more photos of Export Overruns at Dapitan and Kanlaon Streets.

Tips

Look around first before purchasing any item. One store was selling a Christmas plate for 100 pesos but another stall’s selling price was only 50 pesos.

How to go to Dapitan Arcade

Dapitan Arcade is located at Kanlaon corner Dapitan in Quezon City, Philippines. To get to Dapitan Arcade, take a jeep marked Mayon from Burger King along Quezon Avenue. The arcade is near the barangay hall, on the right side of the road.

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